American Graffiti
July 1973
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Jay Cocks
This superb and singular film catches not only the charm and tribal energy of the teen-age 1950s but also the listlessness and the resignation that underscored it all like an incessant bass line in one of the rock-'n'-roll songs of the period.
A.D. Murphy
There is brilliant interplaying and underplaying, of script, performers and direction which will raise howls of laughter from audiences, yet never descends on the screen to overdone mugging, pratfall and other heavy-handed devices normally employed.
Dave Kehr
A brilliant work of popular art, it redefined nostalgia as a marketable commodity and established a new narrative style, with locale replacing plot, that has since been imitated to the point of ineffectiveness.
Geoff Andrew
The film that launched a thousand careers.
Roger Ebert
American Graffiti acts almost as a milestone to show us how far (and in many cases how tragically) we have come.
Roger Greenspun
It is a very good movie, funny, tough, unsentimental.
Critic reviews
Jay Cocks
This superb and singular film catches not only the charm and tribal energy of the teen-age 1950s but also the listlessness and the resignation that underscored it all like an incessant bass line in one of the rock-'n'-roll songs of the period.
A.D. Murphy
There is brilliant interplaying and underplaying, of script, performers and direction which will raise howls of laughter from audiences, yet never descends on the screen to overdone mugging, pratfall and other heavy-handed devices normally employed.
Dave Kehr
A brilliant work of popular art, it redefined nostalgia as a marketable commodity and established a new narrative style, with locale replacing plot, that has since been imitated to the point of ineffectiveness.
Roger Ebert
American Graffiti acts almost as a milestone to show us how far (and in many cases how tragically) we have come.
User reviews
NOT HD Great Movie, BUT..... This movie had two purchase options, SD and HD. The HD option was three dollars more. I have no interest in the SD option, so I bought the HD option. Upon viewing the first half a minute of the movie I discovered that the highest quality option available was 480p. For me this was an utter waste of money. Next time, I buy the Blu-Ray. Especially since I've yet to receive any answer to my inquiry of the matter.
Cast and credits
Actors | Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Paul Le Mat, Charlie Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams |
Producers | Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz |
Director | George Lucas |
Writers | George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck |
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English
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Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
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Run time
112 minutes
Rating
PG
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